List of United States senators from North Carolina

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Multiple image North Carolina ratified the Constitution on November 21, 1789, after the beginning of the 1st Congress. Its current senators are Republicans Thom Tillis and Ted Budd. Jesse Helms was North Carolina's longest-serving senator (1973–2003).

List of senators

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Nov 21, 1789 –
Nov 27, 1789 | North Carolina ratified the Constitution Nov 21, 1789 but didn't elect its senators until Nov 27, 1789. | rowspan=3 | 1 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 1 | North Carolina ratified the Constitution Nov 21, 1789 but didn't elect its senators until Nov 27, 1789. | nowrap | Nov 21, 1789 –
Nov 27, 1789 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 1 | rowspan=2 align=left |
Samuel Johnston | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Pro-Administration | Pro-
Admin. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Nov 27, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1793 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1789.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1789.Template:PbTemplate:Dm | rowspan=3 nowrap | Nov 27, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1795 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Pro-Administration | Pro-
Admin. | rowspan=3 align=right |
Benjamin Hawkins ! rowspan=3 | 1

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 align=left |
Alexander Martin | Template:Party shading/Anti-Administration | Anti-
Admin. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1793 –
Mar 3, 1799 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1792.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 2 | Template:List of United States senators Congress | Template:Party shading/Anti-Administration | Anti-
Admin.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1795.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1795 –
Mar 3, 1801 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | Timothy Bloodworth ! rowspan=3 | 2

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 3 | rowspan=3 align=left | Jesse Franklin | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1799 –
Mar 3, 1805 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1799.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 3 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 3 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1800.Template:PbResigned to return to the State Superior Court. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Mar 4, 1801 –
Feb 17, 1807<ref name="Stone date">This date is approximate. Stone's resignation letter was read on Feb 17, but it could have been delivered on as early as Feb 11, 1807, according to the Annals of Congress (pages 66 to 68).</ref> | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=4 align=right |
David Stone ! rowspan=4 | 3

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 4, 1805 –
Dec 22, 1805 | Montfort Stokes was elected in 1804 but refused the position. | rowspan=5 | 4 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=11 | 4 | rowspan=11 align=left |
James Turner | rowspan=11 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=11 nowrap | Dec 22, 1805 –
Nov 21, 1816 | rowspan=4 | Elected to finish the vacant term.

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Feb 17, 1807<ref name="Stone date"/> –
Mar 3, 1807 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 4 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1806.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1807 –
Mar 3, 1813 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | Jesse Franklin ! rowspan=3 | 4

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=7 | Re-elected in 1810.Template:PbResigned due to ill health. | rowspan=9 | 5 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=9 | 5 | Elected in 1812.Template:PbResigned. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1813 –
Dec 24, 1814 | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | align=right |
David Stone ! 5

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Dec 24, 1814 –
Dec 1814 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Stone's term.Template:PbResigned without having qualified. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Dec 1814 –
Dec 5, 1815 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=2 align=right | Francis Locke Jr. ! rowspan=2 | 6

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|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Dec 5, 1815 –
Dec 13, 1815 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Elected to finish Stone's term. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Dec 13, 1815 –
Nov 14, 1828 | rowspan=7 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=9 align=right |
Nathaniel Macon ! rowspan=9 | 7

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Nov 21, 1816 –
Dec 4, 1816 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 5 | rowspan=4 align=left |
Montfort Stokes | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-
Republican | rowspan=4 nowrap | Dec 4, 1816 –
Mar 3, 1823 | Elected to finish Turner's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1816.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 6 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 6 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1818.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 6 | rowspan=6 align=left |
John Branch | Template:Party shading/Democratic-Republican | Democratic-Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1823 –
Mar 9, 1829 | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1822. | rowspan=5 | 7 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=7 | 7 | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1825.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian

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|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Nov 14, 1828 –
Dec 15, 1828 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Elected to finish Macon's term.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Dec 15, 1828 –
Mar 3, 1831 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian | rowspan=4 align=right |
James Iredell Jr. ! rowspan=4 | 8

|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1828.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Navy. | rowspan=5 | 8 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 9, 1829 –
Dec 9, 1829 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 | 7 | rowspan=8 align=left |
Bedford Brown | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian | rowspan=8 nowrap | Dec 9, 1829 –
Nov 16, 1840 | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Branch's term.

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 8 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1830.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1831 –
Mar 19, 1836 | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian | rowspan=3 align=right |
Willie P. Mangum ! rowspan=3 | 9

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/National Republican | National
Republican

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1835.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=7 | 9 | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Mar 19, 1836 –
Dec 5, 1836 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Mangum's term. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Dec 5, 1836 –
Nov 16, 1840 | Template:Party shading/Jacksonian | Jacksonian | rowspan=3 align=right |
Robert Strange ! rowspan=3 | 10

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 9 | rowspan=2 | Elected to full term in 1836.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Nov 16, 1840 –
Nov 25, 1840 |   |   | nowrap | Nov 16, 1840 –
Nov 25, 1840 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 8 | rowspan=9 align=left |
Willie P. Mangum | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=9 nowrap | Nov 25, 1840 –
Mar 3, 1853 | Elected to finish Brown's term. | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Strange's term.Template:PbTemplate:Dm | rowspan=2 nowrap | Nov 25, 1840 –
Mar 3, 1843 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=2 align=right |
William Graham ! rowspan=2 | 11

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Elected in 1841. | rowspan=5 | 10 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 10 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1843.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1843 –
Jul 25, 1846 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 align=right |
William Henry Haywood Jr. ! rowspan=2 | 12

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|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Jul 25, 1846 –
Nov 25, 1846 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected to finish Haywood's term. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Nov 25, 1846 –
Mar 3, 1855 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Whig | Whig | rowspan=6 align=right |
George Badger ! rowspan=6 | 13

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1847.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 11 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 11 | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1849.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 4, 1853 –
Dec 6, 1854 | Legislature failed to elect | rowspan=7 | 12 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 9 | rowspan=6 align=left |
David S. Reid | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 nowrap | Dec 6, 1854 –
Mar 3, 1859 | rowspan=6 | Elected to finish vacant term.Template:PbLost re-election.

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 12 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1855.Template:PbResigned to become U.S. District Court Judge. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 4, 1855 –
May 5, 1858 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 align=right |
Asa Biggs ! rowspan=2 | 14

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|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | May 5, 1858 –
May 7, 1858 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Biggs's term. | rowspan=4 nowrap | May 7, 1858 –
Mar 11, 1861 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=4 align=right |
Thomas L. Clingman ! rowspan=4 | 15

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected Nov 23, 1858 to finish Biggs's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 10 | rowspan=3 align=left |
Thomas Bragg | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1859 –
Mar 8, 1861 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1858 or 1859.Template:PbResigned and subsequently expelled for support of the Confederacy. | rowspan=5 | 13 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 13 | Re-elected in 1861.Template:PbResigned and subsequently expelled for support of the Confederacy.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Civil War and Reconstruction | rowspan=5 nowrap | Mar 11, 1861 –
Jul 14, 1868 | rowspan=5 colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 colspan=3 | Vacant | rowspan=4 nowrap | Jul 11, 1861 –
Jul 14, 1868 | rowspan=4 | Civil War and Reconstruction

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | 14 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 14

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 11 | rowspan=2 align=left |
Joseph C. Abbott | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=2 nowrap | Jul 14, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1871 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1868 to finish vacant term.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Jul 14, 1868 –
Mar 3, 1873 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=4 align=right |
John Pool ! rowspan=4 | 16

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 4, 1871 –
Jan 30, 1872 | Legislature failed to elect | rowspan=4 | 15 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=15 | 12 | rowspan=15 align=left |
Matt W. Ransom | rowspan=15 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=15 nowrap | Jan 30, 1872 –
Mar 3, 1895 | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish vacant term.

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 15 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1872.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1873 –
Mar 3, 1879 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right |
Augustus S. Merrimon ! rowspan=3 | 17

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1876. | rowspan=3 | 16 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 16 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1879. | rowspan=8 nowrap | Mar 4, 1879 –
Apr 14, 1894 | rowspan=8 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=8 align=right |
Zebulon Vance ! rowspan=8 | 18

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1883. | rowspan=3 | 17 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 17 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1884.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1889.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=6 | 18 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 18 | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1890.Template:PbDied.

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|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Apr 14, 1894 –
Apr 19, 1894 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Vance's term.Template:PbSuccessor qualified. | nowrap | Apr 19, 1894 –
Jan 23, 1895 | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | align=right |
Thomas J. Jarvis ! 19

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1894 to finish Vance's term. | rowspan=5 nowrap | Jan 23, 1895 –
Mar 3, 1903 | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=5 align=right |
Jeter C. Pritchard ! rowspan=5 | 20

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 13 | rowspan=3 align=left | Error creating thumbnail:
Marion Butler | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Populist | Populist | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1895 –
Mar 3, 1901 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1894.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 19 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1897.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:PbLost re-election.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=16 | 14 | rowspan=16 align=left | File:Furnifold McLendel Simmons.jpg
F. M. Simmons | rowspan=16 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=16 nowrap | Mar 4, 1901 –
Mar 3, 1931 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1901.<ref name=NYTAR>Template:Cite news</ref> | rowspan=3 | 20 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 20 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1903. | rowspan=14 nowrap | Mar 4, 1903 –
Dec 12, 1930 | rowspan=14 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=14 align=right | File:Lee salter overman.jpg
Lee S. Overman ! rowspan=14 | 21

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1907.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | rowspan=3 | 21 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 21 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1909

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1913 | rowspan=3 | 22 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 22 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1914.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1918. | rowspan=3 | 23 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 23 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1920.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1924.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=4 | 24 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 24 | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1926.Template:PbDied.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Appointed to continue Overman's term.Template:PbLost election to finish Overman's term. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Dec 13, 1930 –
Dec 4, 1932 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 align=right | File:Cameron A. Morrison.jpg
Cameron A. Morrison ! rowspan=2 | 22

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 15 | rowspan=9 align=left | File:Josiah Bailey.jpg
Josiah Bailey | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=9 nowrap | Mar 4, 1931 –
Dec 15, 1946 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1930. | rowspan=4 | 25 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Overman's term. | rowspan=7 nowrap | Dec 5, 1932 –
Jan 3, 1945 | rowspan=7 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=7 align=right | File:Robert Rice Reynolds.jpg
Robert Reynolds ! rowspan=7 | 23

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 25 | rowspan=3 | Elected to full term in 1932.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1936. | rowspan=3 | 26 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 26 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1938.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1942.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=6 | 27 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=9 | 27 | rowspan=9 | Elected in 1944. | rowspan=13 nowrap | Jan 3, 1945 –
May 12, 1954 | rowspan=13 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=13 align=right | File:Clyde Hoey.jpg
Clyde R. Hoey ! rowspan=13 | 24

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Dec 15, 1946 –
Dec 18, 1946 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 16 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:William Bradley Umstead.jpg
William B. Umstead | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | Dec 18, 1946 –
Dec 30, 1948 | rowspan=2 | Appointed to continue Bailey's term.Template:PbLost election to finish Bailey's term.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 17 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:Melville Broughton.jpg
J. Melville Broughton | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=2 nowrap | Dec 31, 1948 –
Mar 6, 1949 | Elected to finish Bailey's term.

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to full term in 1948.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=11 | 28 | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 6, 1949 –
Mar 29, 1949 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 18 | align=left | File:Frank Porter Graham.jpg
Frank Graham | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Mar 29, 1949 –
Nov 26, 1950 | Appointed to continue Broughton's term.Template:PbLost nomination to finish Broughton's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 19 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Willissmith.JPG
Willis Smith | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Nov 27, 1950 –
Jun 26, 1953 | rowspan=3 | Elected to finish Broughton's term.Template:PbDied.

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=8 | 28 | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1950.Template:PbDied.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Jun 26, 1953 –
Jul 10, 1953 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 20 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Alton Lennon.jpg
Alton Lennon | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jul 10, 1953 –
Nov 28, 1954 | rowspan=3 | Appointed to continue Broughton's term.Template:PbLost nomination to finish Broughton's term.

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | May 12, 1954 –
Jun 5, 1954 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Appointed to continue Hoey's term.Template:PbElected in 1954 to finish Hoey's term. | rowspan=14 nowrap | Jun 5, 1954 –
Dec 31, 1974 | rowspan=14 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=14 align=right | File:Sam Ervin.jpg
Sam Ervin ! rowspan=14 | 25

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 21 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:W. Kerr Scott.jpg
W. Kerr Scott | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Nov 29, 1954 –
Apr 16, 1958 | Elected in 1954 to finish Broughton's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected to full term in 1954.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=5 | 29 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 29 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1956.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Apr 16, 1958 –
Apr 19, 1958 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=8 | 22 | rowspan=8 align=left | File:B. Everett Jordan.jpg
B. Everett Jordan | rowspan=8 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=8 nowrap | Apr 19, 1958 –
Jan 3, 1973 | rowspan=2 | Appointed to continue Scott's term.Template:PbElected in 1958 to finish Scott's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1960. | rowspan=3 | 30 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 30 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1962.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1966.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 | 31 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 31 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1968.Template:PbRetired and resigned early.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=19 | 23 | rowspan=19 align=left | File:JesseHelms.jpg
Jesse Helms | rowspan=19 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=19 nowrap | Jan 3, 1973 –
Jan 3, 2003 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1972. | rowspan=4 | 32 | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Dec 31, 1974 –
Jan 3, 1975 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 32 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1974.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1975 –
Jan 3, 1981 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Robert Burren Morgan.jpg
Robert Morgan ! rowspan=3 | 26

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1978. | rowspan=3 | 33 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 33 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1980.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1981 –
Jun 29, 1986 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:John Porter East.jpg
John P. East ! rowspan=3 | 27

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1984. | rowspan=6 | 34 | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Jun 29, 1986 –
Jul 14, 1986 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue East's term.Template:PbLost election to finish East's term. | nowrap | Jul 14, 1986 –
Nov 4, 1986 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | align=right | File:James Broyhill.jpg
Jim Broyhill ! 28

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish East's term. | rowspan=4 nowrap | Nov 5, 1986 –
Jan 3, 1993 | rowspan=4 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=4 align=right | File:Terry Sanford.jpg
Terry Sanford ! rowspan=4 | 29

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 34 | rowspan=3 | Elected to full term in 1986.Template:PbLost re-election.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1990. | rowspan=3 | 35 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 35 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1992.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1993 –
Jan 3, 1999 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Lauch Faircloth (R-NC) (crop).jpg
Lauch Faircloth ! rowspan=3 | 30

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1996.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 36 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 36 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1998.Template:PbRetired to run for U.S. President. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1999 –
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John Edwards ! rowspan=3 | 31

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 24 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Elizabeth Dole official photo.jpg
Elizabeth Dole | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 2003 –
Jan 3, 2009 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2002.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 37 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 37 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2004. | rowspan=9 nowrap | Jan 3, 2005 –
Jan 3, 2023 | rowspan=9 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=9 align=right | File:Richard Burr official portrait.jpg
Richard Burr ! rowspan=9 | 32

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 25 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:Kay Hagan official photo.jpg
Kay Hagan | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 2009 –
Jan 3, 2015 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2008.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 38 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 38 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2010.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 26 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:Sen. Thom Tillis official photo.jpg
Thom Tillis | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 2015 –
present | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2014. | rowspan=3 | 39 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 39 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2016.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2020.Template:PbRetiring at the end of term. | rowspan=3 | 40 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3| 40 | rowspan=3| Elected in 2022. | rowspan=3 nowrap| Jan 3, 2023 –
present | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Senator Ted Budd official portrait (cropped).jpg
Ted Budd ! rowspan=3| 33

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2026 election. | rowspan=2| 41 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | 41 | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2028 election.

See also

• United States congressional delegations from North Carolina
• List of United States representatives from North Carolina
• Elections in North Carolina

External links

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